Mario Balotelli Memes Take over Twitter After He Fails to Score vs. QPR

Mario Balotelli's Liverpool career has gotten off to an inauspicious start, and the Italian's goalless outing against QPR only added to that sense of concern.

The striker could have scored more than once had things gone his way at Loftus Road, but instead there were some glaring misses—and plenty of memes as a result.

There was a slight tweak to his stats:

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didn't know Balotelli was this bad pic.twitter.com/NWWQ9N2qLj

— Messi (@RamboRants) October 19, 2014"

There was a look ahead to the midweek Champions League clash with Real Madrid:

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Cristiano: Karim, we will have to face Glen Johnson and Pepe has to face Balotelli pic.twitter.com/7N6lQ9oYAe

— Nari (@ReusEra) October 19, 2014"

There was a slightly terrifying fusion between Mario and former Liverpool striker Emile Heskey:

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Hesketelli. Credits: @ynfa_thehub pic.twitter.com/MCaE3tD1aY

— The FOOTBALL Bible (@TFBible_) October 19, 2014"

Not to mention a cheeky reimagining of the goal (if it had just been that big, Balotelli would have scored):

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Ce que voit une personne normale / ce que voit Balotelli... pic.twitter.com/brYjg3zykI

— L'Actu Foot (@ActuFoot_) October 19, 2014"

And QPR's scorers of own goals outscoring Balotelli? It didn't go unnoticed:

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More goals for Liverpool than Balotelli this season pic.twitter.com/v9l4bqVwcm

— Football Funnys (@FootballFunnys) October 19, 2014"

Liverpool will be hoping a goal or two for the Italian will turn the tide and relegate these jokes to the past. [Twitter]